“Acceptance Speech” Frontiers of Knowledge Award 2023 in Climate Change

Acceptance speech by Jean Jouzel, winner of the 2023 Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Climate Change, who was honored alongside Dorthe Dahl-Jensen, Valérie Masson-Delmotte, Jakob Schwander and Thomas F. Stocker for demonstrating the relationship between greenhouse gas concentrations and atmospheric temperatures over the past 800,000 years. His research on polar ice cores has made it possible to reconstruct climate history and document past climate changes.

Jouzel reviews his career studying Antarctic ice cores and highlights the role of international projects such as Vostok and EPICA in demonstrating the close relationship between carbon dioxide, methane and temperature variations. He also recalls the discovery of abrupt climate changes that can occur over very short periods and emphasizes the importance of understanding past climates to anticipate future global warming. He furthe

Acceptance speech by Jean Jouzel, winner of the 2023 Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Climate Change, who was honored alongside Dorthe Dahl-Jensen, Valérie Masson-Delmotte, Jakob Schwander and Thomas F. Stocker for demonstrating the relationship between greenhouse gas concentrations and atmospheric temperatures over the past 800,000 years. His research on polar ice cores has made it possible to reconstruct climate history and document past climate changes.

Jouzel reviews his career studying Antarctic ice cores and highlights the role of international projects such as Vostok and EPICA in demonstrating the close relationship between carbon dioxide, methane and temperature variations. He also recalls the discovery of abrupt climate changes that can occur over very short periods and emphasizes the importance of understanding past climates to anticipate future global warming. He further highlights the value of scientific collaboration and his involvement in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).